The Bear And The Wren

The Willow-Wren And The Deport

One time in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing then beautifully that he said: 'Brother wolf, what bird is it that sings so well?' 'That is the King of birds,' said the wolf, 'before whom we must bow down.' In reality the bird was the willow-wren. 'IF that'southward the case,' said the bear, 'I should very much like to run across his royal palace; come, take me thither.' 'That is not done quite equally yous seem to retrieve,' said the wolf; 'you must wait until the Queen comes,' Presently afterwards, the Queen arrived with some nutrient in her pecker, and the lord King came too, and they began to feed their young ones. The bear would have liked to get at one time, but the wolf held him dorsum by the sleeve, and said: 'No, you must await until the lord and lady Queen have gone away once again.' So they took stock of the hole where the nest lay, and trotted away. The bear, however, could non rest until he had seen the royal palace, and when a short time had passed, went to it again. The King and Queen had just flown out, so he peeped in and saw five or six young ones lying at that place. 'Is that the royal palace?' cried the bear; 'it is a wretched palace, and y'all are not King'south children, you are disreputable children!' When the young wrens heard that, they were frightfully angry, and screamed: 'No, that we are non! Our parents are honest people! Carry, you will have to pay for that!'

The Willow-Wren And The Bear - Classic Fairy Tale

The bear and the wolf grew uneasy, and turned back and went into their holes. The immature willow-wrens, however, connected to weep and scream, and when their parents over again brought food they said: 'We will not and so much equally impact 1 fly's leg, no, not if we were dying of hunger, until y'all accept settled whether we are respectable children or not; the comport has been here and has insulted us!' So the quondam King said: 'Exist easy, he shall be punished,' and he at in one case flew with the Queen to the bear's cave, and called in: 'Quondam Growler, why have yous insulted my children? You shall suffer for it--nosotros will punish y'all by a bloody state of war.' Thus state of war was announced to the Bear, and all 4-footed animals were summoned to take part in it, oxen, asses, cows, deer, and every other animal the earth contained. And the willow-wren summoned everything which flew in the air, not only birds, big and small-scale, but midges, and hornets, bees and flies had to come.

When the time came for the state of war to brainstorm, the willow-wren sent out spies to discover who was the enemy's commander-in-main. The gnat, who was the most crafty, flew into the forest where the enemy was assembled, and hid herself beneath a foliage of the tree where the countersign was to be announced. In that location stood the carry, and he called the fox before him and said: 'Fox, you lot are the most cunning of all animals, you lot shall be full general and lead united states of america.' 'Expert,' said the fox, 'but what signal shall we agree upon?' No one knew that, so the play tricks said: 'I take a fine long bushy tail, which almost looks like a feather of red feathers. When I lift my tail up quite high, all is going well, and you must accuse; simply if I permit it hang down, run away equally fast every bit you can.' When the gnat had heard that, she flew abroad again, and revealed everything, downwardly to the minutest detail, to the willow-wren. When day bankrupt, and the battle was to begin, all the four-footed animals came running up with such a noise that the earth trembled. The willow-wren with his army besides came flying through the air with such a humming, and whirring, and swarming that every one was uneasy and afraid, and on both sides they avant-garde confronting each other. But the willow-wren sent down the hornet, with orders to settle beneath the play tricks's tail, and sting with all his might. When the fox felt the first string, he started so that he i leg, from pain, only he bore information technology, and nevertheless kept his tail high in the air; at the 2nd sting, he was forced to put information technology downward for a moment; at the third, he could hold out no longer, screamed, and put his tail between his legs. When the animals saw that, they idea all was lost, and began to flee, each into his hole, and the birds had won the battle.

And so the King and Queen flew abode to their children and cried: 'Children, rejoice, eat and potable to your centre'south content, we have won the battle!' Merely the young wrens said: 'We will not eat yet, the bear must come up to the nest, and beg for pardon and say that we are honourable children, before we will do that.' So the willow-wren flew to the bear'southward hole and cried: 'Growler, you are to come up to the nest to my children, and beg their pardon, or else every rib of your torso shall exist cleaved.' Then the carry crept thither in the greatest fear, and begged their pardon. And now at terminal the young wrens were satisfied, and sat down together and ate and drank, and made merry till quite late into the night.

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